Witnesses plea after friends die in crash
Police are trying to trace the driver of a car who they believe may have information about a fatal crash which saw two friends killed on the north Shropshire border.
Philip Madden and Shane Vickers died after the Vauxhall Corsa being driven by Mr Madden collided with a tree on the A495 at Bronington, near Ellesmere, before bursting into flames on October 30.
Mr Madden, a 19-year-old apprentice electrician, of Brooklea in Northwood, near Wem, was taken to the Maelor Hospital in Wrexham but died shortly afterwards. Mr Vickers, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene. A self-employed carpenter, he lived in Bettisfield.
Sergeant Alun Davies, from North Wales Police, said: "As a result of our investigations we are keen to speak to the driver and any passengers in a car we believe may have been travelling a short distance behind the Corsa and which would have continued in the direction of Welshampton and Ellesmere in the moments after the collision."
Anyone with information should contact the Roads Policing Unit on 101 or anonymously on Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 quoting reference R171477.
